Squatters get shelter in two shelters in Madhyapur Thimi and Changunarayan

. Bhaktapur: The displaced squatters have been provided shelter in two shelters in Bhaktapur. Chief District Officer of Bhaktapur District Administration Office Umesh Kumar Dhakal said the temporary shelters have been arranged at the training centre of Nepal Electricity Authority at Kharipati-based Changunarayan municipality and Agriculture Development Training Centre at Madhyapur Thimi municipality.

The squatters brought here have been provided free food and lodging. As many as 140 squatters have been kept in the Kharipati-based training centre while those kept here have been kept in separate rooms after separating their families from their families.

Earlier, Nepali students brought from China were kept at the same place for 45 days during the coronavirus pandemic.

The center has the capacity to accommodate 250 people, according to the center.

Stating that the government has taken them here in vehicles from the settlement of squatters in Teku, he said that some squatters are getting food and accommodation even if they are immediately.

A team from the secretariat under the Prime Minister’s Office arrived here on Sunday to take stock of the condition of the settlers.

Similarly, the government has kept 39 landless squatters in the training center of the Agriculture Development Bank at Santitar, Madhyapur Thimi.

They have also been provided with food and accommodation.

Health Minister Kiran Thapa Magar and Health Secretary Dr Sumitra Gautam have directed the authorities concerned to provide health services to the squatters at the earliest.

Chief of the District Public Health Office, Anjana Khadka, said that a team of doctors from Bhaktapur Hospital carried out general health check-up at both shelters of Madhyapur Thimi and Changunarayan on Sunday and would start health camps, distribution of medicines and psycho-counseling services in both shelters today.